Hi, I am the friend... -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Karel Kulhavy <clock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Lucas Vogelsang <lucasvo@xxxxxx> > Subject: [clepple@xxxxxxxxx: Re: gEDA-user: gEDA DLL hell] > Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:51:24 +0200 > > ----- Forwarded message from Charles Lepple <clepple@xxxxxxxxx> ----- > > Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:23:11 -0400 > From: Charles Lepple <clepple@xxxxxxxxx> > To: geda-user@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: gEDA DLL hell > > On 10/28/05, Karel Kulhavy <clock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 01:44:16PM +0200, Henrik Karlsson wrote: > > > Karel Kulhavy skrev: > > > > But what should user do when he has an old version of gEDA and needs > > > > a new one? Erase the disk and reinstall the operating system completely? > > > > > > How about 'yum update' or 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade'? Or use some > > > other package mangement system. > > > > clock@kestrel:~$ yum update > > bash: yum: command not found > > clock@kestrel:~$ apt-get update > > bash: apt-get: command not found > > clock@kestrel:~$ apt-get upgrade > > bash: apt-get: command not found > > > > Friend has Ubuntu and there are no gEDA packages. > for gattrib > your friend may want to enable the "universe" component first: > http://ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/components > I did... > > These suggestions are irrelevant. The message is: reinstallation > > procedure doesn't exist and has to be written. Please understand > > the message and fix the problem. > > If I may make an observation: you sound like a customer with an > unlimited support contract when you say that the procedure "has to be > written". > > When people ask for help with the Fink gEDA packages, their requests > are generally queued up until the end of the workday, or longer if I'm > really busy. Often, the polite and not-so-demanding requests are > pushed to the head of the queue, even if they take longer in the end. > > Demanding support all the time will make people more inclined to email > back short suggestions, rather than going off and implementing some > grand solution to a problem. > > And sometimes it pays to look at things from a different viewpoint. > You have Ubuntu? Save yourself some time and use the pre-built > packages, at least long enough to figure out that you need something > that can only be provided by a newer version. > yes without gtk???? I don't want to use pcb without gtk. > -- > - Charles Lepple > > ----- End forwarded message ----- Lucas
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